Suspected Ecuadorian Drug Trafficker Extradited to San Diego for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine

Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua Mellor (619) 546-9733 and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicole Bredariol (619) 546-8419 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – February 11, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Pedro Cornelio Pilligua Iduarte, the owner…

Department of Justice Press Releases

Migrant Smugglers Continue to Disregard Public Safety

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents disrupted five migrant smuggling attempts that resulted in 34 arrests. On Feb 10, McAllen Border Patrol Station agents observed a Dodge…

In the News

Dulles CBP Officers Seize $29K in Unreported Currency from Congolese Man

STERLING, Virginia – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized $29,900 in unreported currency from a man who arrived on a flight from Ethiopia at Washington Dulles International Airport on Tuesday.…

In the News

Five Members of a Family-Run Sex Trafficking Organization Receive Lengthy Prison Sentences in Brooklyn Federal Court

Five members of a family-run sex trafficking organization were sentenced this week to prison terms of nearly 40 years in prison by United States District Judge Allyne R. Ross in federal court…

Department of Justice Press Releases

Migrant Smuggler Hits School Bus

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector Border Patrol agents disrupted four migrant smuggling attempts that resulted in 73 arrests. A migrant smuggler collided with a school bus, occupied by only…

In the News

Smugglers Utilize Social Media to Recruit Minors

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol are seeing a trend of Transnational Criminal Organization’s (TCO) using social media to recruit minors for their smuggling operations. RGV agents have…

In the News

132 migrants rescued inside a tractor trailer in far east El Paso

EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol Agents of the El Paso Sector discovered 132 migrants inside a commercial trailer during a human smuggling attempt in far east El Paso, Feb. 7.…

In the News

Philadelphia CBP Officers Monopolize $263K in Fake Miami-Bound Euros from Russia

PHILADELPHIA – A parcel of “Monopoly money” did not pass Customs and Border Protection officers, and the importer will not collect the more than $263,000 in counterfeit Euros that CBP officers seized…

In the News

Smuggler who Assaulted Border Patrol Agents with his Car Sentenced to Prison

Assistant U. S. Attorney Loren G. Rene (619) 546-8783 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – February 9, 2022 SAN DIEGO – Juan Francisco Sanchez-Campos of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced in federal court to 41…

Department of Justice Press Releases

US-Guatemala investigation leads to the arrest of 10 human smugglers with ties to the murder of 19 foreign nationals headed for the US

WASHINGTON – An investigation by U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), HSI Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit (TCIU), Guatemalan National Police (PNC), and Guatemalan Prosecutor for Illicit Migrant Trafficking…

Government News

Mexican Mother and Four-Year-Old Son Rescued

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector Border Patrol agents disrupted three migrant smuggling attempts that resulted in 10 arrests. In one event, a mother and her son were rescued from…

Government News

Agents Arrest Wanted Felon with 2 “Ghost Guns”

CHULA VISTA, Calif. – This week, San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to San Clemente Station arrested an individual with an active felony warrant. On Wednesday afternoon, Border Patrol agents on…

Government News

Dominican Republic National Operator of The Underground Nightclub in St. Thomas Sentenced to Six and a Half Years and Ordered to Pay Over $900,000 in Restitution

St. Thomas, USVI – United States Attorney Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced that Yohanna Gonzalez-McFarlane, 40, of the Dominican Republic, appeared before Chief District Court Judge Robert A. Molloy and was sentenced…

Department of Justice Press Releases

smuggling- Page 68

Suspected Ecuadorian Drug Trafficker Extradited to San Diego for Conspiracy to Distribute Cocaine

Migrant Smugglers Continue to Disregard Public Safety

Dulles CBP Officers Seize $29K in Unreported Currency from Congolese Man

Five Members of a Family-Run Sex Trafficking Organization Receive Lengthy Prison Sentences in Brooklyn Federal Court

Migrant Smuggler Hits School Bus

Smugglers Utilize Social Media to Recruit Minors

132 migrants rescued inside a tractor trailer in far east El Paso

Philadelphia CBP Officers Monopolize $263K in Fake Miami-Bound Euros from Russia

Smuggler who Assaulted Border Patrol Agents with his Car Sentenced to Prison

US-Guatemala investigation leads to the arrest of 10 human smugglers with ties to the murder of 19 foreign nationals headed for the US

Mexican Mother and Four-Year-Old Son Rescued

Agents Arrest Wanted Felon with 2 “Ghost Guns”

Dominican Republic National Operator of The Underground Nightclub in St. Thomas Sentenced to Six and a Half Years and Ordered to Pay Over $900,000 in Restitution

U.S. Citizen Arrested in An Attempt to Smuggle Meth in Spare Tire

Hawley Tells Zuckerberg That Facebook May Be Complicit In Human Trafficking

Three Vehicle Pursuits and a Stash House Leads to 27 Migrants Arrested

SUV Bursts Into Flames After Flight From Border Patrol Agents

SUV Bursts Into Flames After Flight From Border Patrol Agents

RGV Agents Encounter Vehicle Roll Over with Injured Migrants

Texas Biologist Indicted for Wildlife Trafficking

Facebook